The coronation ceremony was held three days later on the 28th of the twelfth lunar month. Because of the national mourning, the palace was still quiet and only white. The coronation ceremony was held solemnly in the Xuanzheng Hall. Shen Huan held Zhao'er and stood on the high jade steps. The ceremony started with an announcement by the minister, and after a long and boring chant, the regent personally crowned Zhao'er and Shen Wan raised Zhao'er high, and the ministers shouted long live
Shen Huan looked at the people kneeling below, and suddenly she felt like she was too cold at the top. She quickly grabbed Zhao'er tightly. At this juncture, she must not allow anyone to bully their orphans and widowed mothers! The current situation in the court, Xi Chao is on her side, not to mention Zhao'er is his... Therefore, he will not do anything bad to him. Jiangnan has Xiao Wumian, the outer dynasty has Lao Shi and Zhang Jinyue in charge of the army, and the inner dynasty has Prime Minister Zhou. Prime Minister Wu knows the current affairs and will not do anything to him. As for Liu Zhao, with Miss Zhiyan here, there will be no trouble.
The coronation ceremony was finally over. Fortunately, Zhao'er didn't cry or do anything bad during this period. He probably knew that this ceremony was very important, so he was very quiet all the time. This child always showed a sensible look. ,Maybe, when he grows up, he will be a good emperor!
After the ceremony, Shen Han seemed very tired. Xiang Ming helped her go back to rest. She leaned on the bed and let the maids help her take off her clothes. One of the maids carefully pulled Shen Han's hair a little tighter. Huan couldn't help but frowned and snorted.
The palace maid was so frightened that she knelt on the ground and kept kowtowing: "This slave deserves to die! This slave deserves to die!"
Shen Wen sighed and said: "Get up! Don't die so easily. You only have one life. If you die, it will be gone..." She suddenly stopped talking, and everyone around her became quiet. Not daring to speak, she paused for a long time and then asked the little palace maid with a smile: "Stand up and answer! How old are you this year?"
The little palace maid trembled and replied: "Back to the Queen Mother, I am... fourteen years old this year."
Hearing the title "Queen Mother", Shen Huan couldn't help but be startled. Yes, it was announced today that she is the Queen Mother of the Great Northern Dynasty. She murmured: "At the age of fourteen... when I entered the palace as a maid, He is also fourteen years old, and in a blink of an eye, it has been five years."
At this time Cui Shanggong came out and said with a smile: "Mother, it's four years! Not five years."
Shen Huan thought for a while, suddenly smiled, and said: "Yes! It's only four years, not five years. It turns out that I am only eighteen years old this year! Haha, the eighteen-year-old Queen Mother!"
Everyone fell silent. Seeing the sad expressions on everyone's faces, Shen Huan hurriedly smiled and said: "I didn't expect you are one year younger. I should be happy! Okay, you all go down, I want to rest for a while. "
After everyone retreated, Shen Huan leaned on the cushion and closed her eyes gently. Because she was too tired these past few days, she quickly fell asleep. However, in her sleep, what came to Shen Huan's mind was Xi Chenzhong. She woke up not long after the arrow fell into the cliff, and when she woke up, her face was filled with tears
Only Cui Shanggong and Xiang Ming were in the room. Cui Shanggong walked up to her, gently wiped her tears, and sighed: "Mother, the matter has come to this, don't think about it any more."
Shen Huan sighed: "I'm afraid I can't forget that scene now. I can't figure out where the cold arrow came from? There were only four of us present at the time, and the ambush soldiers were ten miles away. How could it happen? ...I can't figure this out!" She thought carefully about what happened at that moment. Three arrows were shot, one for Wei Zifeng, one for herself, and one for Xichen Wei. Zifeng will not be his target, so is his target himself, Xichen, or both?
She had a headache thinking about it, so she ignored it. Tomorrow, Zhao'er would go to court for the first time. She had to sit on the dragon throne for so long. I wonder if he would get used to it. Although he didn't understand anything now, but Yao still had something to say clearly to Zhao'er, so he asked Cui Shanggong to go see Zhao'er, but Zhao'er was already asleep. Shen Wen smiled and shook his head and said nothing.
On the second day, Shen Huan took Zhao'er to court. After placing Zhao'er on the large dragon chair, she walked behind the curtain and began to listen to politics for a long time. Fortunately, she had listened to politics in the Southern Dynasty before, so she didn't feel too uncomfortable now. Too boring, I'm just a little worried about Zhao'er. I wonder if something will happen to him with such a small body and such a small person sitting on the dragon chair.
In fact, Zhao'er was just a decoration, and it was Xichao who really gave his opinions. Although the papers submitted by the ministers were presented to the emperor, the person who reviewed them was still the regent. If this regent was someone else, Shen Huan would really be very upset. Worried
Halfway through the court meeting, Shen Wen suddenly heard the whispers of the adults below, and looked at the dragon chair from time to time. Xichao also looked helpless. Shen Wen looked at the dragon chair through the curtain, only to find that Zhao'er had fallen asleep. !
Shen Wen suddenly stood up and walked to the dragon chair. Originally, there was only a thin layer of blankets on the dragon chair, but now there were several layers of thick blankets, which felt soft and smooth. Zhaoer lay on it, sleeping soundly. It was very comfortable. Shen Huan sighed helplessly, turned to face the minister, with dignity on his face, and asked: "Who changed this mat?"
The regent took a step forward and said: "It was replaced by Wei Chen. Your Majesty is young. I am afraid that the cushion on which Wei Chen is too thin is too thin for the Emperor to sit on..."
Shen Huan said loudly: "Take all these away. It's still the same as before. Just put a cushion on the dragon chair. It's not that comfortable. If the dragon chair is too comfortable, the emperor will just doze off." He said to Xiao Shizi next to him: " Wake up the emperor and remove all these cushions!"
Xiao Shizi hurriedly said: "Yes"
After Zhaoer was woken up, he was about to lose his temper when he suddenly realized that he was sitting on a dragon chair, with a group of ministers below looking at him eagerly. He pouted and held back tears with a look of grievance on his face.
Shen Huan's words in the court made all the adults look at her with admiration. Even Liu Zhao, who didn't like her very much before, has changed. It is undeniable that Shen Huan does have some talents, but I don't know whether they are innate or innate. learned
After the next court, Xichao came to Chen Palace to discuss matters, and the two could only talk through the curtain.
"What happened today is the fault of Wei Chen. He didn't ask the Queen Mother in advance. Wei Chen is guilty." Xi Chao bowed his head and said
Shen Huan said: "It's okay, you are doing it for Zhao'er too."
The two began to deal with some of the issues raised by the ministers today, including how to celebrate the New Year during the national mourning period. At the end, Shen Huan said: "I want to send the late emperor's concubines, some of whom have not slept with me, out of the palace and let them go home. I will raise it at the court meeting tomorrow, I hope you can support me."
"Yes, the Queen Mother has a kind heart."
"One more thing," Shen Huan lowered his voice, "You secretly sent some people to Huihuiya. If possible, I hope to find... find Xichen... even the bones."
Xi Chao was silent for a long time, and then said: "Yes, Wei Chen will arrange for someone to do it."